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PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903.

0. I. MANDEL. BOYS SUSPENDERS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1908.

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CHARLES I. l\/IANDEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EOYS SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,405, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed January 10, 1908. Serial No.188,515. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I. MANDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Boys Suspenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain im provements in boys suspendersthatis to say, suspenders that arebuttoned to the waistbands of boystrousers and drawers for supporting the same in place of the waists orblouses heretofore used for this purpose.

The waistbands of boys trousers in general use are provided with nineapproximately equidistant buttonholes, which are applied to the buttonsattached to the lower end of the waist or blouse. All these buttons haveto be buttoned on and unbuttoned when dressing or undressing. This timeconsuming buttoning or unbuttoning of the trousers and drawers can beobviated by the use of a pair of suspenders which after being buttonedon the trousers remain in position thereon; and for this purpose myinvention consists'of a pair of suspenders for boys trousers whichcomprise adjustable shoulder -straps, suspender-ends attached by linksto the rear and front ends of the shoulder-straps, ll-shaped strapsconnecting the ends of the shoulderstraps at the front sides andrear,said V-shaped straps being looped through the links at the ends ofthe shoulder-straps, so as to be adjustable, and provided with tabshaving two buttons each for attachment to the trousers and drawers, oneend of the \l-shaped front strap being provided with a fastening device,so as to be detachable from the front end of the shoulder-strap, as willbe fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved boys suspenders. Fig. 2 is also a perspective view showing amodified construction of the same; Figs. 8 and 4 are detail verticaltransverse sections, respectively, on line 3 3, Fig. 1, and line 4: 4,Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rear part of theimprovedsuspenders, showing the doubled-up straps passing through the links; andFig. 6 is a detail view of Fig. 5, showing a section of the doubled-upstraps, taken just when the straps emanate from the links of theshoulder-straps.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the shoulder-straps of myimproved suspenders for boys trousers. Each shoulder-strap Ais providedwith the usual fastening-buckle a, so that the straps can be lengthenedor shortened,as required. Each shoulder-strap is further provided at thefront and rear ends with wire links a, to each of which a singlesuspender-end B, provided with one or two buttons b, is attached. Therear parts of the shoulder-straps A are connected by a transversebrace-piece D, so that the shoulderstraps are held at the properdistance from each other at the back. The links a at the front ends andthe links at the rear ends of the shoulder-straps A are connected by V-shaped straps C, which are doubled up and passed through the links a,the \I-shaped straps being each connected at their lower ends or theapices with a link d, to which a short tab d, with two buttons at", isapplied, so that four additionalsuspender-ends are obtained, to whichthe waistband of the trousers and waistband of the drawers can beattached, so that a reliable connection of the trousers and drawers withthe suspender-ends and V-shaped connecting-straps is obtained. The\l-shaped straps O are doubled up--that is, consist of two straps g andg. Beginning with the right-hand side of Fig. 5, strap g rests on linka, while strap g is uppermost and passes over strap g. Both straps passthen to link d, and the strap g becomes nearest to link d, while strap gpasses over strap g, and at the next link a strap 9 again rests on a,while strap 9 is uppermost and passes over strap g. As the V-shapedstraps are doubled. up and passed through the links at the ends of theshoulder-straps, as well as the lower connecting-straps, the shifting ofthe ti-shaped straps can take place according to the size of thetrousers, and the distance between the buttonholes is the same, so thatthe free adjustment of the suspenders to the trousers takes place. Thestraps g and. g are joined at their ends, and one of these ends isfastened to one of the links ct, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while theother end is made de tachable by connecting it by means of aspring-fastenerfto the under side of the front suspender-end B, which issupported by the same link a to which the end of the V-shaped strap isfastened, as shown in Fig. 1. This connection of the V-shaped frontstrap is necessary, so as to permit the throwing off of theshoulder-straps from the shoulders when taking off the trousers and thereplacing of the same when putting on the trousers. Any of thewell-known fastening devices can be used for this purpose, butpreferably the wellknown socket-and-spring fastening device.

The straps g and g, forming the V-shapcd straps C, may be joined bysewing intermediately between the links a and links d, as shown in Fig.5, or may be arranged simply as shown in Fig. 1.

Instead of arranging links d and tabs d at the lower ends of theV-shaped connectingstraps C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the V- shapedstraps can be connected at their lower ends or apices by means oftriangular webbings e, to which the buttons e for the waistbands of thetrousers and drawers are applied, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, while theupper ends are doubled up, so as to pass from the links a similarly tothe manner shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The webbed connections 6 and thebuttons on the same end at the apices of the V-shaped straps 0correspond to the buttons-of the tabs cl in Figs. 1 and 3 and are theequivalent of the same.

The suspender-straps may be made of elastic material and thesuspender-ends and V- shaped straps of inelastic webbing, or thesuspender-ends and V-shaped straps may be of elastic material and thesuspender-straps of inelastic webbing, as desired.

The improved suspender for boys trousers furnishes an evenly-dividedsupport for the trousers and drawers, and thereby a very comfortablesupport for the same, in which the strain on the suspenders, whatever bethe position of the body, is transmitted by the suspender-straps, whilethe shifting of the r V-shaped straps and the adaptability of theshoulder-straps permit the use of one and the same size of suspendersfor trousers of different sizes and drawers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A pair of boys suspenders, consisting ofshoulder-straps provided with adjusting devices, links at the front andrear ends of the shoulder-straps, suspender-ends applied to said links,doubled-up V-shaped straps passing through the links, and tabs on thelower ends or apices of said V-shaped straps, substantially as setforth.

2. A pair of boys suspenders, consisting of adjustable shoulder-strapsprovided with links at their front and rear ends, suspenderends appliedto said links and provided with buttons, doubled-up V-shaped strapspassing through the links and connecting one with the other, links atthe lower ends or apices of the V-shaped straps, and tabs supported bysaid links and provided with buttons respectively for the waistband ofthe trousers and drawers, substantially as set forth.

3. A pair of boys suspenders, consisting of adjustable shoulder-straps,links at the front and rear ends of said straps, V-shaped strapsconnecting the links at the ends of the shoulder-straps at the front,sides and rear, suspender-ends applied to the frontand rear ends of theshoulder-straps, tabs at the lower ends or apices of the V-shapedstraps, and means for connecting one end of the V-shaped front strapwith the suspender-end of one of the shoulder-straps to permit theopening of the V-shaped front strap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES I. -MANDEL.

Witnesses:

(J. P. GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUI-IRBIER.

